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ОглавлениеCAST OF CHARACTERS
Principal Characters:
Frobisher, Caleb – Hero, youngest Frobisher brother and captain of The Prince
Fortescue, Katherine (Kate) – Heroine, missing governess from the Sherbrook household in Freetown
In London:
Family:
Frobisher, Declan – Caleb’s older brother
Frobisher, Lady Edwina – Caleb’s sister-in-law, Declan’s wife
Frobisher, Robert – Caleb’s older brother
Hopkins, Aileen – Robert’s intended, Lt. William Hopkins’s sister
Staff in Declan & Edwina’s townhouse:
Humphrey – butler
Government:
Wolverstone, Duke of, Royce, aka Dalziel – ex-commander of British secret operatives outside England
In Aberdeen:
Frobisher, Fergus – Caleb’s father
Frobisher, Elaine – Caleb’s mother
Frobisher, Royd – Caleb’s oldest brother
In Southampton:
Higginson – head clerk, Frobisher Shipping Company Office
In Freetown:
Holbrook, Governor – Governor-in-Chief of British West Africa
Eldridge, Major – Commander, Fort Thornton
Decker, Vice-Admiral – Commander, West Africa Squadron
Winton, Major – Commissar of Fort Thornton
Babington, Charles – partner, Macauley & Babington Trading Company
Macauley, Mr. – senior partner, Macauley & Babington Trading Company
Undoto, Obo – local priest
Muldoon – the Naval Attaché
Winton – nephew of Major Winton, Assistant Commissar at the fort
At Kale’s Homestead:
Kale – slavers’ leader
Rogers – Kale’s lieutenant in the settlement
Fifteen other slavers, including “the pied piper”
In the Mining Compound:
Mercenaries:
Dubois – leader of the mercenaries, presumed French
Arsene – Dubois’s lieutenant, second-in-command, presumed French
Cripps – Dubois’s second lieutenant, English
Plus twenty-eight other mercenaries – of various ages and extractions
Captives:
Dixon, Captain John – army engineer
Hopkins, Lieutenant William – navy, West Africa Squadron
Fanshawe, Lieutenant – navy, West Africa Squadron
Hillsythe – ex-Wolverstone agent, governor’s aide
Frazier, Harriet – gently bred young woman, Dixon’s sweetheart
Wilson, Mary – shop owner-assistant, Babington’s sweetheart
Mackenzie, Ellen – young woman recently arrived in the settlement
Halliday, Gemma – young woman from the slums
Mellows, Annie – young woman from the slums
Mathers, Jed – carpenter
Plus eighteen other men – all British of various backgrounds and trades
Diccon – young boy, seven years old
Amy – young girl, six years old
Gerry – boy, ten years old
Plus sixteen other children – all British, ranging from six to ten years old
Plus five other children – all British, ranging from eleven to fourteen years old
On board The Prince:
Fitzpatrick, Lieutenant Frederick – First Mate
Wallace, Mr. – Master
Carter – Bosun, goes into the jungle but returns to the ship
Quilley – Quartermaster, goes into the jungle and remains with Caleb
Hornby, Mr. – Steward, goes into the jungle but returns to the ship
Johnson – midshipman, goes into the jungle but returns to the ship
Foster, Martin, Ellis, Quick, Mallard, Collins, Biggs, Norton, and Olsen – midshipmen and experienced seamen who go into the jungle and remain with Caleb.
On board The Raven:
Lascelle, Phillipe – Captain, privateer, longtime friend of Caleb’s
Reynaud – Bosun, goes into the jungle but returns to the ship
Ducasse – Quartermaster, goes into the jungle and remains with Phillipe
Fullard, Collmer, Gerard, Vineron – midshipmen and experienced seamen who go into the jungle and remain with Phillipe
Plus four other seamen – all of French extraction, who go into the jungle but return to the ship